Rinky Hijikata and Adam Walton will fight against each other in the quarter of the Cary 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.42
Adam Walton -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Adam Walton
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Adam Walton since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-33 | 29-21 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-34 | 37-23 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-29 | 37-19 | 2-2 | 10-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-13 | 31-9 | 9-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Sho Shimabukuro 6-3 6-2 and Alexander Ritschard 7-64 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (7-64 6-3). During the match, Hijikata scored 81 points vs Ritschard’s 73. Rinky was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hijikata recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rinky Hijikata was quite effective on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 69% (22/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hijikata broke Ritschard once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Hijikata has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (147-87). 19-13 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hijikata has a composed103-52 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Burnie Challenger where he overcame James Duckworth in the final 6-3 6-3.
Hijikata has an overall 28-23 win-loss record in 2023, 19-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary 1 Challenger
Adam Walton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54-37 | 46-27 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-30 | 53-26 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-12 | 41-10 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 256, the Australian got to the quarter after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 6-4 6-3 and Billy Harris 3-6 7-67 7-63.
In the 2nd round against Harris, Adam recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-67 7-63).During the match Walton scored less points (9) than Harris. In fact, the world no. 118 won 109 points vs Harris’s. That means that Walton was more focused during the important points. Walton was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Walton recorded 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Adam Walton lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (49/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. Walton broke Harris twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Walton has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Adam’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M15 Tbilisi and M25 Tulsa.
The Australian has a compiled 42-21 win-loss record in 2023, 42-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hijikata | Walton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 54 |
| Pts | 155-130 | 167-161 |
| Total Points | 285 | 328 |
| Winners | 60 | 70 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Both Hijikata and Walton played 2 matches. At the moment, Adam Walton surrendered 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Walton (4 vs 5). Therefore, Hijikata played 15 games less than Walton. Hijikata scored 60 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Adam struck 70 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hijikata | Walton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 80/148 | 98/151 |
| %1st in | 54% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 60/80 | 70/98 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 39/68 | 33/53 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 62% |
Hijikata fired 4 aces (2 per match). Walton made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Hijikata won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Walton won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hijikata | Walton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 6/19 |
| % Converted | 38% | 32% |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 |
| Saved | 11 | 3 |
| % Saved | 92% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Rinky broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Hijikata lost his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded. Adam broke his opponents 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hijikata | ||||
| R1 Shimabukuro |
R2 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 74-57 | 81-73 | 155-130 | |
| Total points | 131 | 154 | 285 | |
| Winners | 29 | 31 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 37/73 | 43/75 | 80/148 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 31/43 | 60/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 22/32 | 39/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 69% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 1/4 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 25% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 2/2 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 100% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Walton | ||||
| R1 Zhukayev |
R2 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 3-6 7-67 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 35 | 54 | |
| pts | 58-43 | 109-118 | 167-161 | |
| Total points | 101 | 227 | 328 | |
| Winners | 21 | 49 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 28/45 | 70/106 | 98/151 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 49/70 | 70/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 20/36 | 33/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 56% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/10 | 6/19 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 20% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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